{"id":4706,"date":"2009-06-23T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-23T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T12:23:00","slug":"rangers-diamondbacks-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Diamondbacks Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Chase<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Field<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Rangers will give the ball to starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harrison<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harrison<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-4 this season with a 5.43 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st2:Sn>Harrison<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Max<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Scherzer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Diamondbacks righthander has a 3.61 ERA to go along with a 4-4 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Diamondbacks listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Rangers lost to <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 3-2 as a -140 favorite on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Andruw<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jones<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run home run for <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Millwood<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered two earned runs on eight hits with 10 strikeouts in seven innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Diamondbacks lost to <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 3-2 as a +160 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Reynolds<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run home run for <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Doug<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed one run n seven hits in seven innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 4 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 37-31 SU<br \/>Arizona: 29-41 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Texas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 6-4<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Texas are 4-6<br \/>After playing Seattle are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Texas&#8217;s last 15 games <br \/>Texas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Arizona<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Texas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 12 of Arizona&#8217;s last 16 games <br \/>Arizona is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Arizona is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, June 24<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Chase Field. The Rangers will give the ball to starter Matt Harrison in this one. Lefthander Harrison is 4-4 this season with a 5.43 ERA. Harrison&#8216;s opponent in this one will be Max &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rangers-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rangers-Diamondbacks Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}